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First, only marriage combines all three forms of companionship-a spouse is family, best friend, and permanent companion. That is why it is widely held that while the death of a child is the most painful loss, the death of a spouse is the most disorienting one. Second, unlike all other family relationships and unlike all other friendships, marriage alone combines those elements with sex, a uniquely powerful form of bonding. Third, unlike other family relationship, which are nearly all unequal (parent-child; older sibling-younger sibling), a good marriage is a relationship of equals. Fourth, unlike both family and friends, we are with our wife or husband virtually every day. And the concept of "quality time" notwithstanding, quantity of time is a quality, on that has a powerfully bonding effect. Women intuitively know this better than men, which is why it is they who generally demand more time with their spouse.Share
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